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Campaign promotes "Housing as a human right"
Toronto - The Ontario Human Rights Commission, the City of Toronto, the Federation of Rental-Housing Providers of Ontario, the Greater Toronto Apartment Association and the Human Rights Legal Support Centre have joined forces to promote housing as a human right. The partners are encouraging Toronto tenants and landlords to learn more about these rights by today launching a poster that will appear in 120 transit shelters across Toronto during the month of March.
Municipal Bylaws must follow Human Rights Code: OMB
Municipalities have to consider the needs of everyone - including people with disabilities or on social assistance - when making bylaws. The Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) made that ruling late last week, saying “municipalities – and this Board – are bound by the [Human Rights] Code”.
The OHRC invites public consultation on its human rights and mental health strategy development
Toronto- The Ontario Human Rights Commission has released its Human Rights Mental Health Strategy for public consultation.
Public consultation paper: Human rights and mental health strategy
Re: AODA Legislative Review
Ontario Human Rights Commission Submission regarding Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Legislative Review
Submission to the Accessible Built Environment Standards Development Committee
Ontario Human Rights Commission Submission to the Accessible Built Environment Standards Development Committee Regarding The Initial Proposed Accessible Built Environment Standard
New Policy shows how to provide human rights in rental housing
Toronto - New guidelines will help improve equal access to rental housing for all Ontarians. The Policy on Human Rights and Rental Housing, Canada’s first comprehensive look at how barriers to housing can be indentified and eliminated, was released today by the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC).